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1) The Wright 3
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In the midst of a series of unexplained accidents and mysterious coincidences, sixth-graders Calder, Petra, and Tommy lead their classmates in an attempt to keep Frank Lloyd Wright's famous Robie House from being demolished.
3) Loving Frank
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Fact and fiction blend in a historical novel that chronicles the relationship between seminal architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Cheney, from their meeting, when they were each married to another, to the clandestine affair that shocked Chicago society.
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In 1957 when Frank Lloyd Wright was 90 years old and in New York to supervise construction of his last masterpiece, the Guggenheim Museum, Mike Wallace invited him to be a guest on "The Mike Wallace Interview." Includes the two interviews sessions from 1957, with an introduction and conclusion by Mike Wallace filmed in 1994.
6) Wright rooms
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Showcases the noted architect's residential designs, highlighting the interplay of volume, color, texture, and light that made Wright's houses both beautiful and practical.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, born in Wisconsin, is the avatar of American architecture. Both before and after World War I, the boldness and innovation of Wright's buildings, built largely in the Midwest, established his reputation as a leading architect. As his career progressed, Wright became discouraged with the confinement of cities and moved to develop his ideas for buildings in harmony with the natural world. Today, many years after his death, not only...
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"Born in Wisconsin in 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright became obsessed with a set of building blocks his mother had given to him on his ninth birthday. He grew up to become the father of organic architecture and the greatest American architect of all time, having designed more than 1,100 buildings during his lifetime. These included private homes such as the stunning Fallingwater, churches, temples, a hotel, and the world-famous Guggenheim Museum in New York...
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Surveys the work of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, providing photographs of the buildings and designs that characterized six different periods of his career, from 1887 to 1959, each prefaced by an explanatory essay; and includes a section devoted to Wright's personal collection of Asian art.